Come along to this literary speed-friending session for an opportunity to meet other emerging writers who identify as queer or gender diverse. Writers Sam Elkin, Jasper Peach and Liz Sutherland will facilitate this interactive friend-making space. Focused on literature, writing, queer identities, activism, accessibility, progressive politics, and more. Move past shame and awkwardness and leave feeling a little bolder and a few friends the richer.
Free & Professional Development
Prose Pals
Presented in partnership with
Accessibility
Wheelchair, accessible toilets
Saturday 14 September, 11AM
St Kilda Library (Community Room)
150 Carlisle St, St Kilda VIC 3182
Featuring...
Sam Elkin
Sam Elkin is a writer, community lawyer and author of Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga. He co-hosts the Triple R radio show Queer View Mirror and is the 2024 City of Melbourne Boyd Garret writer in residence.
Photo credit: Marlo W
Jasper Peach
Jasper Peach (they/them) is a trans, non-binary and disabled writer, speaker and parent. They are passionate about equitable access and inclusion, focused on the dismantling of misplaced shame via storytelling.
Liz Sutherland
Liz Sutherland (they/them) lives on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. They are the COO of a nonprofit organisation, the Treasurer of the Board of Overland, and is studying a Master of Arts (Writing and Literature) at Deakin University. Liz was a finalist in the Pearl Prize 2024, Frontier Poetry’s 2023 Ekphrastic Poetry Prize, and the 2023 OutStanding LGBTQIA+ Short Story Awards. Their writing has appeared in Mascara Review, StylusLit, Swamp Magazine, Left Brain Media, ScratchThat Magazine, Say It Out Loud, at Q-Lit festivals, and more.
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